I recently requested a book from a South Ribble Library,"Bert Houlding:T T Pioneer by Paul Ingham".Bert was a brilliant engineer and had a garage on Lancaster Road,Preston only to be told they have none in Lancashire and have to get one from out of the county,a poor do.

A quick search on Amazon and Google books doesn't come up with the book you are after Richard. There are 2 by Paul Ingham on Amazon though, Excelsior: The Racing Years and Two Foot Gauge Rails to the Ironstone. It's obviously a rare book.